ROWLAND v. CONTINENTAL OIL CO., INC.

No. 7102.

374 So.2d 734 (1979)

Doris Kay ROWLAND, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Refused October 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glusman, Moore, Lopez & Wilkinson, G. Thomas Arbour, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff and appellant.

Jones, Patin, Tete, Nolen & Hanchey, William T. McCall and Gregory P. Massey, Lake Charles, for defendant and appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, WATSON and FORET, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This workmen's compensation suit for death benefits was filed by Doris Kay Rowland, the surviving widow of Almer G. Rowland, Sr. He died as the result of a heart attack suffered while working as a guard at defendant's plant on April 14, 1976. The trial court concluded that plaintiff did not carry her burden of proving that the accident, i. e., the cardiac arrest on April 14, 1976, was causally related to Mr. Rowland's employment activities. From...

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